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A New Method for Selecting English Field Association Terms of Compound Words and Its Knowledge Representation.
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Atlam, El-Sayed; Morita, K.; Fuketa, M.; Aoe, Jun-ichi – Information Processing & Management, 2002
Discusses automatic document classification and document retrieval systems and presents a strategy for building a morphological machine dictionary of English that infers meaning of derivations by considering morphological affixes and their semantic classification. Proposes a method for selecting compound field association terms from a large pool…
Descriptors: Classification, Documentation, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Representation
Object-Centered Knowledge Representation and Information Retrieval.
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Panyr, Jiri – Review of Information Science, 1996
Discusses object-centered knowledge representation and information retrieval. Highlights include semantic networks; frames; predicative (declarative) and associative knowledge; cluster analysis; creation of subconcepts and superconcepts; automatic classification; hierarchies and pseudohierarchies; graph theory; term classification; clustering of…
Descriptors: Automation, Classification, Cluster Analysis, Concept Formation
Corpus-based Statistical Screening for Content-Bearing Terms.
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Kim, Won; Wilbur, W. John – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Presents three different statistical techniques for identifying content-bearing phrases within a natural language database. Describes results on the effectiveness of the scoring methods when applied to MEDLINE phrases, and how the three methods can be combined to improve performance. Processing results for an example document are provided.…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Document Delivery, Indexing
Degree of Agreement in Naming Objects and Concepts for Information Retrieval.
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Collantes, Lourdes Y. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Discussion of users and information retrieval systems highlights a study that investigated the representation of users' knowledge by examining their names for objects and concepts, agreement on names, the Library of Congress Subject Headings representation for similar objects and concepts, and measurement of the similarity between these…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Representation, Man Machine Systems
Automated Assistance in the Formulation of Search Statements for Bibliographic Databases.
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Oakes, Michael P.; Taylor, Malcolm J. – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Reports on the design of an automated query system to help pharmacologists access the Derwent Drug File (DDF). Topics include knowledge types; knowledge representation; role of the search intermediary; vocabulary selection, thesaurus, and user input in natural language; browsing; evaluation methods; and search statement generation for the World…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer System Design, Evaluation Methods, Knowledge Representation
From Classification to "Knowledge Organization": Dorking Revisited or "Past is Prelude." FID Occasional Paper No. 14.
Gilchrist, Alan, Ed. – 1997
This set of papers offers insights into some of the major developments in the field of classification and knowledge organization, and highlights many of the fundamental changes in views and theories which have taken place during the last 40 years. This document begins with a series of reminiscences from former delegates of the first International…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Access to Information, Cataloging, Classification